Kalungwana Surname
Approximately 1,452 people bear this surname
Kalungwana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,183 | 1:44,752 | 5,067 |
| Zambia | 246 | 1:64,431 | 5,735 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kalungwana (21) may also be a first name.
Kalungwana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kalungwana Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kalungwana has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Kalungwana click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kalungwana? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 268,717th most frequently used surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 5,018,971 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kalungwana are found; 81 percent are found in East Africa and 81 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most frequently held first name worldwide, held by 21 people.
The surname Kalungwana is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is held by 1,183 people, or 1 in 44,752. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Rukwa Region, where 61 percent live, Tabora Region, where 13 percent live and Morogoro Region, where 9 percent live. Outside of Tanzania Kalungwana exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 17 percent live and The DR Congo, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kalongwana | 90 | 2 | / |
| Kalungwani | 90 | 1 | / |
| Kholungwana | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kolongwana | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kholongwana | 76 | 4 | / |
| Kolongwane | 70 | 12 | / |
| Kohlongwane | 67 | 9 | / |
| Kholongwane | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khohlongwane | 64 | 19 | / |
| Kolonkwane | 60 | 2 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kalungwana
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